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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
  • Theatre and Opera
DEF

A musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
  • Théâtre et Opéra
DEF

Dans la musique dramatique (opéras, cantates, oratorios), déclamation notée, chant qui n'est pas assujetti à la mesure, mais qui est cadencé selon la coupe des phrases et les inflexions de la voix parlée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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